Category Archives: Travel Writing

War Tourism

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

“Make Peace not War,” raps Skepta. This here piece is about tourism and war. For all you wannabe Christiane Amanpours out there who’d like to traipse to Palestine and Congo in your Louboutins and Chanel quilted bags, this one is … Continue reading →

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Chennai

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

About my hometown for Destinasian magazine’s April issue. PDF below Chennai

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Holistic Health Resorts, Bangalore

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

A piece that appeared in Silkroad Airline magazine here Bangalore Health Resorts

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Vinita Bali

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

A Profile of Vinita Bali– we eat her Brittania Ragi biscuits at home these days.  

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Food- North Indian versus South Indian

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

This appeared in Silkroad magazine’s Feb 2012 issue North Versus South Indian Food

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Kumbh Mela Cover Story

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

Immersed in India: The Kumbh Mela festival Shoba Narayan (Writer) Mar 20, 2010 next previous   The royal religious procession begins in Jwalapur, a dusty town an hour outside Haridwar, where two million sadhus (Hindu holy men), ascetics, healers, mystics and saffron-clad monks … Continue reading →

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Chennai Art and culture

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

For The National Travel pages here and pasted below Chennai is at the art of the matter Shoba Narayan Jan 22, 2011 next previous   Why Chennai? To get a taste of south Indian culture; because this city of 7.6 million … Continue reading →

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The Leela Delhi

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

My Mint column about The Leela Delhi here. Culture Posted: Thu, Oct 27 2011. 9:23 PM IST Is anyone listening to the guest? The hospitality industry spends countless hours training employees to act on certain principles: enhancing guest experience, prompt … Continue reading →

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Beer Story for Cathay Pacific

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

This is a story called Bengaluru Beer.  There is a fear that Delhi might over Bangalore as the Pub City of India– or has it already?  The one person who I wanted to interview for this piece but couldn’t do … Continue reading →

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Kashmir for Destinasian

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

  Here is a story on Kashmir that just came out in the November issue of Destinasian. Click Kashmir and Dras for the story  

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